Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-24

Yes, Ida, we have known the plot to thicken" even in a book where there were 'sstirring situations. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
 Mrs. Dollar. who has just removed into her new house, says she never saw such a beautiful dido as there is in the dining-room Boston Transcript.
 My son. said 8 father in Mich
 ''Id rather not have you go ffch,''
 But the lad went a-dShin'
 Without his permission,
 And thus he defied his ps's s; ;sy wleh le r.,,,n,
 It is said that we should never judge woman by the clothes she wears. But why not, praya Why should we not judge wo- men by the same standard by which they estimate each others worth?-Boston Tran script.
 little Indian girl said to her teacher: ''We have not prayed for the poor" Her The little girl then said: 70 Lord, bless the poor and make them fat, if you can.''-Har per's BazaI.
 Omaha lady-"How strange it ms! Only few years ago you were a mere chil d, and now you are married" New York 1ady-"Yes, have been mar ried three years" "Oh, DO; we live in g fat."-Omaha World.
 q want my daughter vaccinated," said the woman sharply, Gin some place where 1t won't show. She is to be a comic op'ry sing ern
 Madame" replied the physician in bus mess like way, 'bare your arm please. She will have to be vaceinated by proxy. ."-Chi- cago Tribune.
 A lady entered @ fashionable grocery store in this city not long since and put this ques- | tion to one of the polite attendants: "What kind of cheese do you have for invalids!' This reminds us of a tall red-nosed man l who came into country store with a large l jug, which he placed upon the counter with
 the remark: '1 want gallon of um-baby's | sick. ."-Boston Gazette. --ss-,----~4- l "How shall I get my voice completely under my controlF' asked Miss Chesnote of 1 Prof. Planissimo, who had just listened to l her rendition of 'When the Robins Nest Again"
 "Did mamze1 ever try ze muzzle?" inquired | the professor, who was too much of gen. I tfenan to openly express his opinion of her l singing.-New York Mail. One day, bright day, and little bird hap i py and stood on log and sang all day long. That bird doesn't know anything about cat l She thinks nobody is near to her. But be I hind the near log one sly old cat is watching l She want to eat for supper, and she thinks about stealing all the time. The old cat came l very slow, and by and by she go after the 1 little bird but she does not see him and sang l | ways try do what is right; when I ever died 1 go to heaven" That bird said these all words, and I shall not forget the bird what
 it said, and these ali words it said and | after two three minutes go died; that cal ] jumped and catch and kill, eat all up except
 left little things from bird, wings, legs or
 skin, and that bird is glad to die because she
 is very good bird. That little bird has last time sang and very happy was the little bird ! after that, think the old cat have good din | ner and happy just same as the bird was al | first time.-Indian Scholar in the Hampton | School Record.
 | "'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may | roam.
 ! Be it ever So humble there's plaSe like home;
 A Sharm from the Skies Seems to hallow us 1 there,
 Which, Seek through the world, iS not met witf | elsewhere. 1 Home. home Sweet, Sweet home! l 7h3r3'S 1 plaSe like home; ! 7h3r3$ no-ho SlaSe lSkS SS$$!' ! -Burdette Brooklyn Eagle.